Gary Yershon

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Gary Bernard Stewart Yershon (born 2 November 1954) [1] is an English composer. His works include music for theatre, radio, television, film, [2] and dance. [3] He is an Associate Artist of the Royal Shakespeare Company. [4]

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Biography

Born in London, he began his career as an actor. [5] He also worked as writer/translator (e.g. Ruslan and Lyudmila for the BBC [6] ) and as musical director for Phyllida Lloyd's 1994 production of The Threepenny Opera at the Donmar Warehouse [7] and for Mike Leigh's 1999 film Topsy-Turvy.

He subsequently composed the scores for several of Leigh's films: Happy-Go-Lucky, Another Year , Mr. Turner, Peterloo and Hard Truths.

He wrote the theme tune and incidental music to the children's television series James the Cat .

Yershon was nominated for the 2009 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music in a Play. [8]

In 2010 he was nominated for a European Film Award for his work on Another Year . [9] In 2015 for the 87th Academy Awards, he received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Original Score for his work on Mr. Turner. [10]

References

  1. ↑ Biography for Gary Yershon at IMDb
  2. ↑ "Gary Yershon". Royal National Theatre . Archived from the original on 29 December 2014.
  3. ↑ "Ma Vie En Rose, Young Vic, London / How the Other Half Loves, Theatre Royal, Bath". The Independent . Archived from the original on 29 November 2010. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  4. ↑ "Associate artists | Royal Shakespeare Company". Rsc.org.uk. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  5. ↑ "arts-together-wherever-we-go". The Independent . Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  6. ↑ "BBC Radio 3 – 31 May 1999 – BBC Genome". Genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  7. ↑ "Threepenny Opera". Threepennyopera.org. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  8. ↑ "Drama Desk Awards 2009 winners announced". New York Theatre Guide. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
  9. ↑ "European Film Awards - European Film Awards". Europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  10. ↑ "Complete list of Oscar nominees". Cnn.com. 15 January 2015. Retrieved 28 July 2020.


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